Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFarrell’s household incomes are lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 23.7% of residents, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 11.7%. For jobs and income Farrell is better than 15% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (B−). About one in ten stay in Farrell for work; outside it, Hermitage is the main destination (23%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Farrell: the gist
Commutes from Farrell are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Farrell works one town over
32% of working residents work in a town that borders Farrell: Hermitage (23%) and Sharon (9%). Next door ↓
The jobs in Farrell pay better than its residents’ jobs
64% of the jobs based in Farrell pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 45% of the jobs Farrell residents hold. 93% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Farrell. The jobs ↓
Farrell makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Farrell are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Farrell residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Farrell than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Farrell fell from 2,859 in 2013 to 2,050 in 2023, −28%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Farrell’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Farrell’s grade up (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($42,595, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Farrell could be anywhere from D to C+.
How long Farrell spends getting to work: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Farrell workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,429 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Goods, not services: 40% of the jobs in Farrell
2,050 jobs are based in Farrell.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Farrell, 2013 → 2023: 2,859 → 2,050. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Farrell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Farrell fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,470 residents head out to work, 141 work right here, and 1,909 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,500 people are in Farrell on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Farrell’s residents
Where Farrell clocks in
23% of workers
9% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How far it is to work from Farrell
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Farrell, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,561 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 17.8% of Farrell households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Farrell’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Farrell ranks: 3,476th of 4,023 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,474 | Marietta OK | 2,982 | $52K | 20.6% | 4.9% | 12% | C− |
| 3,475 | Wolcott NY | 4,000 | $55K | 20.9% | 4.0% | 15% | C− |
| 3,476 | Farrell PA | 4,110 | $43K | 23.7% | 7.9% | 9% | C− |
| 3,477 | Olney TX | 3,000 | $36K | 26.4% | 2.4% | 32% | C− |
| 3,478 | Norton VA | 3,477 | $41K | 26.3% | 3.8% | 31% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,023 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Farrell, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 32% of Farrell
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Hermitage. Darker towns draw more of Farrell’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Farrell: questions
What is the median household income in Farrell?
$42,595 (±$7,824) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Farrell?
23.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Farrell?
15 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Farrell work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hermitage (23%, 3 mi), Sharon (9%, 2 mi), Pittsburgh (3%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Farrell walkable?
Farrell is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Farrell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Farrell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Farrell
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.